TV REVIEW Medium 4.13 "A Cure for What Ails You"

Original US air date: 21/04/2008

In Dreams: A friend of Lynn DiNovi makes a pact with some unseen collaborators while stormbound at an airport.

The One Where: A painkilling drug causes a number of apparently unrelated deaths.

Verdict: Nothing quite gels in this episode. A convoluted central plot isn’t helped by some confusing exposition, while a wannabe profound Allison voiceover about peeping toms (which questions if her dreams make her one too) is pretty much nonsensical. And while it’s refreshing to have a plot featuring Marie – the youngest of the Dubois clan – her eyetest-cheating antics are all rather humdrum (though she does look cute when she’s screwing her face up). On the upside there’s some great humour (the moment when Joe realises that Allison’s been dreaming about Scanlon and DiNovi in bed – “Tell me more!” – is a cracker) and the inconclusive ending work well.